by Tom Bastek
Last updated: 7:30 PM ET, Wed March 11, 2015
If a picture is worth a thousand words what is a bed and Breakfast worth?
Apparently, in Center Lovell, Maine, the answer to that question is 200. That is right, for just 200 words (and a $125 application fee) The Center Lovell Inn and Restaurant could be yours. According to the Portland Press Herald, Janice Sage, who has owned the Inn since 1993, has decided to retire and she is putting her baby up for the mere price of 200 words.
So where did Janice come up with such a unique idea to sell off her livelihood? Simple; that is how she came to own it. Back in 1993, she was managing a restaurant in Maryland and the Mosca family had put the inn up for sale in the same manner. She won and now 22 years later, she is repaying the favor. Bill Mosca is still alive and still lives in town, too. When asked about his opinion on the way Janice is deciding to sell the place, he was pleased.
Janice hopes to get about 7,500 entrants which will garner her about $900,000, right about where the inn is valued. Janice will read all of the entries and whittle the final entries down to 20, where she will then pass it off to two judges to make the decision.
The property is 12 acres large, with the 210-year-old inn and two outbuildings overlooking Kezar Lake. The restaurant has two dining rooms and the inn has seven guest units and a wrap around, screened in porch as well.
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